The Bernardi Music Group has become nationally regarded
for its innovative performances, commissioning of new music, and life changing experience. We strive to help galvanise communities through music.

The Bernardi Music Group brings together our Bernardi Chamber Orchestra, The Stradivarius Piano Trio, The Gifted and Talented String
Academy, Shipley Arts Festival and is led by violinist Andrew Bernardi. '....beautifully played by the Bernardi Orchestra' Jon Snow, Channel 4 news.

'One of the UK's most highly respected Classical Music Festivals' West Sussex County Times

'One of the UK's most highly respected Classical Music Festivals' West Sussex County Times

News:

Thank you to all 3500 supporters who have supported the Arts, or community and our musicians so faithfully. We have in 2018 established our Hong Kong Chapter where we return in 2019.
In 2019 we close to forty Concerts and our second Summer School at the Yehudi Menuhin School.

Horsham District Year of Culture is nearly upon us and we are looking forwards to being at the centre of our communities together with all our sponsors and Festival Friends.

We have our 2019 Festival Preview on Sunday 29th January for 6.30 pm at www.sedgwickpark.co.uk and do join ur very successful Friends group here: https://localgiving.org/search/?name=shipley+arts+festival

We are currently accepting expressions of interest for joining String Academy and also our exchange programme with scholarship return visits to
Hong Kong to perform. Please fill the form at the bottom of this page to express your interest and we will return more information.

Thank you for your past support of the Shipley Festival Friends. We are delighted to invite you to renew or join our Shipley Arts
Festival Friends Group for 2018. This year we are differentiating Gold, Silver and the exclusive Friendship memberships. Silver and Gold Festival Friends will be invited to the
Sponsors Festival Review 2018, and Gold and Life Friends have the option of a musician from the Festival playing a piece for their family and friends at a mutually convenient time and location.

All Festival Friends will continue to enjoy:

- Invitation to the annual Friends’ January Festival Preview with canapés and wine at Sedgwick Park

Advance notice of concerts to allow preferential booking for Festival Friends as many concerts sell out well in
advance.

Special reserved seating on request at Concerts
(Please notify request 24hrs before concerts)

Invitations to private Concerts at the most
exclusive stately homes

TheFestival Friends Concert which will be free
of charge to Festival Friends and details of which will be announced at the January Festival launch.

Meeting the artists and composers, several of
whom have international careers and regularly appear on Radio 3,4 and Classic FM